Department of Health and Social Care

HIV Infection: Prisoners

Lord Black of Brentwood: To ask Her Majesty's Government how many prisoners in England and Wales have tested positive for HIV while in prison in each of the last five years for which figures are available.

Baroness Bloomfield of Hinton Waldrist: The information requested is not held centrally.

Abortion: Analgesics

Baroness Eaton: To ask Her Majesty's Government what steps they have taken to review the standard NHS practice of not using foetal painkillers before abortion; and what assessment they have made of the consistency of this approach with the current standard NHS practice of using foetal painkillers before foetal surgery from 19 weeks.

Baroness Bloomfield of Hinton Waldrist: The Department does not set or review clinical practice and no specific assessment has been made. The Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists has established a review group to consider the latest evidence on foetal pain and foetal awareness, which is expected to report on its findings by the end of 2022.